He's incredibly popular on the forums - leading most of the polls at the moment, and a bit of a housewives favourite, but he doesn't appeal to the huge majority of voters as he's pretty rich, and makes it very obvious too. The british public have never gone for a rich fella in any reality show, and aren't gonna start now.
He's great to watch, I agree, one of my favourites, but he's in there for a bit of exposure for his restaurants and there's still no guarantee he'll not walk...and even if he doesnt, he's so bored that he has to be nasty to entertain himself, and that's ensuring lots of nominations, and ultimately that the public will never go for him.
So I still can't see any chance at all of him even making the final...and I wouldn't go reading any forums either as you'll leave convinced he should be odds on favourite!
